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'''The Loafers''' was a literary club founded by [[Octavus Roy Cohen]] and some of his colleagues from the press. The group, which was active in the 1920s, included [[Jack Bethea]], [[James Saxon Childers]], [[Arthemus Calloway]] and [[Edgar Valentine Smith]]. | '''The Loafers''' was a literary club founded by [[Octavus Roy Cohen]] and some of his colleagues from the press. The group, which was active in the 1920s, included [[Jack Bethea]], [[James Saxon Childers]], [[Ollie Lucy Backus]], [[Arthemus Calloway]] and [[Edgar Valentine Smith]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:55, 1 February 2011
The Loafers was a literary club founded by Octavus Roy Cohen and some of his colleagues from the press. The group, which was active in the 1920s, included Jack Bethea, James Saxon Childers, Ollie Lucy Backus, Arthemus Calloway and Edgar Valentine Smith.
Octavus Roy Cohen
Jack Bethea
James Saxon Childers
References
- Bloomer, John W. (April 1977) "'The Loafers' in Birmingham in the Twenties." The Alabama Review. Vol. 30, No. 2
- Ehrlich, Eugene and Gorton Carruth (1982) The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to the United States. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195031865